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  • 1

    pron.other; another; (used with nouns) different

    • lìng wài nà ge rén wǒ bù rèn shi

      另外那个认识

      I don't know the other people.

    • tā tóng lìng wài sān rén bèi pàn sǐ xíng

      另外死刑

      He and three others were sentenced to death.

    • lìng wài yī gè nán rén cháo wǒ pò kǒu dà mà qi lai

      另外男人破口大骂起来

      The other man started hurling abuse at me.

    • yǒu lìng wài de kě néng xìng

      另外可能性

      There are other possibilities.

  • 2

    adv.separately; differently; moreover

    • nǐ de shì zán men lìng wài shāng liang

      咱们另外商量

      We will find another time to talk about your problem.

    • zhè jiàn shì lìng wài jiě jué

      另外解决

      This will be dealt with separately.

    • nǐ lìng wài zài zhǎo yī gè rén

      另外

      You find someone else.

  • 3

    conj.in addition; besides

    • tā jiā xīn mǎi le yī tái tuō lā jī lìng wài hái mǎi le diàn shì jī

      拖拉机另外电视机

      In addition to a tractor, his family has also bought a television.

    • wǒ mǎi le liǎng běn xiǎo shuō lìng wài hái mǎi le liǎng běn màn huà

      小说另外漫画

      Besides the two novels, I have bought two comic books.

    • wǒ bù xǐ huan nà běn xīn zì diǎn lìng wài tā yě tài guì

      喜欢字典另外

      I don't like that new dictionary, besides, it's too expensive.

    • qǐng bǎ zhè fèn bào gào sòng jiāo lǎo shī lìng wài gào su tā yǒu wèi wài guó zhuān jiā xiǎng yuē jiàn tā

      报告送交老师另外告诉外国专家约见

      Take this report to the teacher, and by the way, tell him that a foreign expert wants to schedule an appointment with him.

Word usage

  • Note
    "另外" is different from "此外". "另外" only can be used as a conjunction; "此外" can be used as a pronoun, an adverb and a conjunction.